The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law (Reviewed)

10 Pages Posted: 17 Apr 2008 Last revised: 26 Sep 2018

See all articles by John Rothchild

John Rothchild

Wayne State University Law School

Abstract

The book under review, The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law, consists of twenty-two essays on various aspects of the law of ancient Greece - principally that of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. These essays do a good job of conveying to the reader a sense of the law, in all of its strangeness to modern eyes, that developed in the society often viewed as the birthplace of democracy. The contributors to the volume include the leading scholars in the subject from Europe and the United States. The book will be of interest to comparativists, to classicists with an interest in ancient law, and to legal scholars who wish they had studied classics.

Keywords: ancient, greece, greek

Suggested Citation

Rothchild, John A., The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law (Reviewed). American Journal of Comparative Law, 2008, Wayne State University Law School Research Paper No. 08-15, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1120893

John A. Rothchild (Contact Author)

Wayne State University Law School ( email )

471 West Palmer
Detroit, MI 48202
United States
313-577-3963 (Phone)

Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?

Paper statistics

Downloads
218
Abstract Views
1,998
Rank
253,806
PlumX Metrics